Collar-button



IINTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD MATTHAI, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CO LLAR-BUTTO N.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 236,171, dated January 4, 1881.

Application filed October 27, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, RICHARD MATTHAI, a citizen of the United States, and residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a certain new and Improved Collar-Button,of which the following'is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to that class of collarbuttons which are com bined with a necktie-fastener; and the object of my invention is to provide an article which,

while it answers for all the uses which an ordinary collar-button may be used for, is so constructed as to firmly hold a necktie to its place and prevent its slipping around the neck of the wearer.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters are used to Idesignate like parts throughout the several views, Figure lis a rear view. Fig. 2 is afront view. Fig. 3 is a side view. Fig. 4: is a top view, and Fig. 5 is a perspective View. A

I construct my device of any suitable metal. That portion designated by the letter A, I construct ot' sheet metal cut to the form shown. r1he standard and cap B is then secured, either by soldering, screwing, or riveting, to the plate A near its upper central portion. I then bend or curve inwardly the sides a a of the plate and (No model.)

bend up the tongue b, so as to form a loop, as 3,0

is clearly shown in Fig. 5.

The manner of application and mode of operation are as follows, to wit: The device is first placed in the collar and then in the neck-band of the shirt of the wearer, leaving the portion 35 lettered Aupon the outside of the above-named garments. The necktie is then passed between the tongue b and the back of the portion marked A, and at the same time binds upon the edges ofthe curved portion a a, and is thus 4o griped or held in position, so as to prevent the necktie from working out of place or slipping around the neck of the wearer.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 45 ent, is-

A collar -button provided with the curved portions o a and tongue b, for the purpose of securing and holding in place a ueckte, al1

when constructed, arranged, and operating 5o 

